Sweet-Tea Fried Chicken Recipe

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Ingredients:

Serving

8 chicken leg quarters, cut into thighs and drumsticks
1 quart brewed tea , double strength
1 lemon, quartered
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup kosher salt
1 quart ice water
3 cup all-purpose flour
2 cups corn flour (or fish fry)
2 tbsp crab boil seasoning (recommended : old bay)
1 tbsp chili powder
1 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
8 eggs
1 cup buttermilk
peanut oil

Directions:

Combine tea, lemon, sugar and kosher salt, and simmer for 5 minutes or salt and sugar are complete dissolved. Pour in ice water and cool brine completely. Submerge thighs and drumsticks in brine for 48 hours.
Remove to a wire rack and allow chicken to drain. Combine 2 cups of the flour and the corn flour, crab boil, chili powder, salt, and pepper in a large bowl. Place remaining 1 cup flour in a medium bowl, and in a third bowl beat eggs with buttermilk. Line up bowls of flour, egg-buttermilk mixture and then the flour-corn flour mixture, in that order. Coat the chicken in the flour, then the egg-buttermilk mixture, and then the flour-corn flour mixture, applying pressure to ensure even adherence. Let the chicken sit in the refrigerator for 1/2 hour before frying.
Pour oil in a heavy pot at a depth of at least 3 inches. Heat oil to 300 degrees F. Fry chicken, submerged in oil, for 15 minutes, or until an instant-read thermometer registers 170 degrees F for dark meat, 160 degrees F for white meat. Drain on a rack. Cool to room temperature, and then place in refrigerator for at least 4 and no more than 24 hours. Serve cool from a picnic basket or cold, straight from the refrigerator.

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Nutrition Facts

Per Serving Per 100 g

Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories	775.29 Kcal (3246 kJ)
Calories from fat	159.09 Kcal
		% Daily Value*
Total Fat	17.68g	27%
Cholesterol	410.56mg	137%
Sodium	3495.88mg	146%
Potassium	1149.44mg	24%
Total Carbs	81.76g	27%
Sugars	20.64g	83%
Dietary Fiber	4.94g	20%
Protein	66.84g	134%
Vitamin C	5mg	8%
Iron	7.4mg	41%
Calcium	289.2mg	29%

Amount Per 100 g
Calories	113.46 Kcal (475 kJ)
Calories from fat	23.28 Kcal
		% Daily Value*
Total Fat	2.59g	27%
Cholesterol	60.08mg	137%
Sodium	511.61mg	146%
Potassium	168.22mg	24%
Total Carbs	11.96g	27%
Sugars	3.02g	83%
Dietary Fiber	0.72g	20%
Protein	9.78g	134%
Vitamin C	0.7mg	8%
Iron	1.1mg	41%
Calcium	42.3mg	29%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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savory
bitter
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